Notice2022-01637
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for New Residential Wood Heaters (Renewal)
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Published
January 27, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for New Residential Wood Heaters (EPA ICR Number 1176.14, OMB Control Number 2060-0161), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on April 13, 2021 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. An agency may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4234-4235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01637]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0085; FRL-9509-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for New Residential Wood Heaters
(Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), NSPS for New Residential Wood
Heaters (EPA ICR Number 1176.14, OMB Control Number 2060-0161), to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31,
2022. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal
Register, on April 13, 2021 during a 60-day comment period. This notice
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller
description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden
and cost to the public. An agency may neither conduct nor sponsor, and
a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 28,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0085, online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred method)
or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail
Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the
public docket without change including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and
Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina, 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b6d7dadf98dbc3d8c2d7c5dfc4f6d3c6d798d1d9c0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6c0d000542011902180d1f051e2c091c0d420b031a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC
West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC.
The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For
additional information about EPA's public docket, visit: <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: Manufacturers of wood heaters and testing laboratories
and third-party certifiers are required to comply with reporting and
record keeping requirements for the General Provisions (40 CFR part 60,
subpart A), as well as for the applicable specific standards in 40 CFR
part 60 Subpart AAA. This includes submitting initial notifications,
performance tests and periodic reports and results, and maintaining
records. These reports are used by EPA to determine compliance with
these standards.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers of wood heating
appliances, testing laboratories, third-party certifiers.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60,
subpart AAA).
Estimated number of respondents: 62 (total).
Frequency of response: Annually, biennially, every five years.
Total estimated burden: 4,380 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $1,180,000 (per year), which includes
$657,000 in annualized capital startup and/or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in burden from the
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory
of Approved Burdens. This is due to several considerations. Among other
considerations, the number of manufacturers and the number of certified
woodstove model lines have both increased since the previous ICR.
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These two factors have contributed to an increase in respondents, labor
burden, and in the number of responses.
The growth rate for manufacturers entering this industry has slowed
since the previous ICR, and no new respondents are expected during the
three-year period of this ICR. The number of existing testing
laboratories and third-party certifiers has remained constant since the
previous ICR. The capital/startup costs have decreased since the
previous ICR, which occurred during a period when manufacturers were
introducing approximately 30 new model lines each year to comply with
Step 2 requirements. In this ICR, we expect the introduction of new
model lines to be 15 per year. This results in a decrease in capital/
startup costs for performance testing and new model certification.
There is an increase in operation and maintenance (O&M) costs
reflecting the increase in model lines that are tested as part of the
manufacturers Quality Assurance Program. Also, in this ICR, we have
reorganized Table 1, Table 2, and the Total Annual Responses tables to
separate requirements for new model lines from existing model lines.
This ICR also reorganizes the Capital/Startup vs. Operation and
Maintenance (O&M) Costs table to distinguish between initial costs for
new models and operation and maintenance costs for existing models.
Additionally, this ICR adjusts the labor assumptions for the `burden'
associated with manufacturer review of QA annual audit reports provided
by third-party certifiers to reflect that audits are anticipated to be
performed for all of a single manufacturer's model lines in one visit
and the results of the audits would be presented in a single batch or
report for manufacturer review. Similarly, this ICR assumes that third-
party certifiers will prepare the QA annual audit report on a
manufacturer, rather than model line, basis. Finally, this ICR also
adjusts the labor assumptions associated with recordkeeping
requirements for manufacturers for test documentation and for retention
of sealed stoves to reflect that the number of model lines per
manufacturer and the frequency of the activity. These adjustments
minimally reduce burden for these activities, however, there remains an
overall increase in burden.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-01637 Filed 1-26-22; 8:45 am]
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